GE Aerospace GE
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
GE Aerospace is a mega-cap company in the Industrials sector (Aerospace & Defense), with a market value of $321.2B, based in the USA.
It employs about 57,000 people and has been listed since Jan 02, 1962.
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, designs and produces commercial and defense aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power, and aircraft systems. The company operates through two segments, Commercial Engines & Services, and Defense & Propulsion Technologies. The Commercial Engines & Services segment designs, develops, manufactures, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services of jet engines and sale of spare parts for commercial airframes, business aviation, and aeroderivative applications.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 36.9 versus 29.0 for the median of the Industrials sector in our universe (21 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 21% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 35.3 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 396.81, 28% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 34% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 18 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (2% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (18 vs 1).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 21% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (0.5% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 5.4% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLI -0.3%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.